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Best and worst commercials of the year
MSNBC ^ | Aug 22, 2006 | Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

Posted on 08/22/2006 6:50:44 PM PDT by indcons

Only one commercial can top the sheer hatred our readers have for the winner of this year's worst-commercial contest. Yes, only creepy, toenail-snapping Digger the Dermatophyte is more hated than the horrendous repetition that is this year's winning loser, the HeadOn headache remedy commercial.

In case you haven't seen it (you can find it on YouTube, but really, why would you want to?), the commercial is as insanely simple as it is annoying. A female voice repeats "HeadOn: Apply directly to the forehead!" three times as a blissed-out smug woman rolls what appears to be a Bonne Bell LipSmacker on her head.

What in the name of a glue stick in disguise is going on there? First off, does anyone believe that this works any better than, say, rubbing your head with your hand? Who decided that a commercial where only the product name and tagline are repeated over and over was good advertising? What kind of drugs is the model in the ad actually on? And does anyone know anyone who has ever, ever used this product, or seen it for sale anywhere outside these ads?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: ads; commercials; notnews
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To: martin_fierro
i love that commercial ... now apologize

; )

21 posted on 08/22/2006 7:00:35 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (What I do (sin) is proof of what I am (sinful).)
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To: HungarianGypsy

Actually, Bob doesn't have erectile disfunction -- the product is supposed to make a man... uh... bigger.

The FDA won't let you say that without proof, so much like the HeadOn ad, there are no specific claims made in the ad.


22 posted on 08/22/2006 7:00:58 PM PDT by mwyounce
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To: indcons

You will. It's not that great really.


23 posted on 08/22/2006 7:01:14 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: HungarianGypsy

Those commercials are pretty creative actually, considering the topic. The other ED commercials are sappy and gay, IMO.


24 posted on 08/22/2006 7:01:18 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: indcons
I have absolutely never figured out what Head-on-applied-directly-to the forehead means. I also have never seen this for sale anywhere, nor would I buy it because I have no idea if it's for impotence, infertility, stupidity, low bank balance,high blood pressure, none of the above.
25 posted on 08/22/2006 7:01:28 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
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To: capt. norm

Try this one.

http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/james/61/deadcat.wav


26 posted on 08/22/2006 7:01:43 PM PDT by packrat35 (guest worker/day worker=SlaveMart)
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To: mosquewatch.com

Love it.


27 posted on 08/22/2006 7:01:51 PM PDT by unkus
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To: varina davis

OMG. I hate that one too.


28 posted on 08/22/2006 7:01:57 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: GinaLolaB
I'll have the roast Duck with Mango Salsa.
29 posted on 08/22/2006 7:02:01 PM PDT by Lowcountry (RIP: Peterdanbrokaw)
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To: varina davis
I also HATE the Vonnage commercial with the stupid repetitious song.

My son has a copy of that music on his mp3 player and plats it when somebody does something really stupid.

30 posted on 08/22/2006 7:02:04 PM PDT by capt. norm (Bumper Sticker: Honk if you've never seen an Uzi shoot from a car window.)
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To: indcons
The Red Stripe Commercials...the best on TV, said the Beautiful man.

HURRAY Beer!
31 posted on 08/22/2006 7:02:12 PM PDT by Explodo (Pessimism is simply pattern recognition)
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To: indcons

The people who make these commercials think that if they annoy you enough, or are obnoxious enough, or insult your intelligence enough, you will buy their product. They must all be Democrats.


32 posted on 08/22/2006 7:02:17 PM PDT by kesg
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To: PistolPaknMama

It makes your wallet lighter.


33 posted on 08/22/2006 7:02:24 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty)
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To: PistolPaknMama

I think it's for when you are in a head-on collision or something like that.

un huh.


34 posted on 08/22/2006 7:02:31 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: indcons
Advertisements are criminally-sneaky, and they invade your home with subliminal messages.


:-p
35 posted on 08/22/2006 7:02:53 PM PDT by bannie (HILLARY: Not all perversions are sexual.)
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To: Paved Paradise
There is a new one out by Progressive - gray-haired man with the "black box" telling you that you don't know what's in the box. I think I know the man, but have tried to find out how to get his name and have come up with nada.

That's Kenny Mayne, a anchorman for ESPN.
36 posted on 08/22/2006 7:03:19 PM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: indcons

I only have one thing to say about that "Head On" commercial...

Most.
Annoying.
Commercial.
Ever.


37 posted on 08/22/2006 7:03:59 PM PDT by TampaDude (If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the PROBLEM!!!)
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To: Enterprise
And I detest the "head on" commercial. I mute it every time.

The drug company commercials are the most annoying, especially when the innumerable side effects are listed at blinding speed, taking up at least half the (occasionally 2 minute) ad.

So these days I mute nearly all commericials.

38 posted on 08/22/2006 7:04:10 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: mosquewatch.com

That is bordering on child pornography. It is very sick.


39 posted on 08/22/2006 7:04:43 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Moderate Mooslims.....what's that?)
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To: indcons

A female voice repeats "HeadOn: Apply directly to the forehead!" three times

jeez, I'm glad to see this post. I thought something was wrong with me when I get so upset when watching that commercial. I switch channels immediately now when it comes on. I JUST HATE IT!!!!!! Her voice is irritating and reminds me of the voice on all the automated call systems at so many companies and organizations, doctor's offices, dental offices, customer service offices, government offices. That voice is so irritating that I just can not listen to it anymore. There is no way in hell I'll ever even consider buying that product.


40 posted on 08/22/2006 7:04:56 PM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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